Boston Red Sox top-10 MLB All-Star Game performances

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BOSTON, MA – AUGUST 16: Carl Yastrzemski is recognized during a celebration to honor the American League Champion 1967 Red Sox team at Fenway Park on August 16, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

Carl Yastrzemski – 1967

Carl Yastrzemski made a whopping 18 All-Star appearances over the course of his career so there are several options to choose from. Two of them make this list, the first of which is his 1967 performance.

Yaz went 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of walks that year. His three hits are tied for the fourth most in an All-Star Game and his two walks are tied for third.

The game would last 15 innings before the National League prevailed 2-1. Yaz drew a walk in the bottom of the 15th representing the tying run. He would not advance. Tom Seaver got Bill Freehan to fly out and then struck out Ken Berry to end the game.

A solid game for Yastrzemski but hard to place him any higher given his team lost and he failed to score a run or drive one in. His spot in the batting order did him no favors. Yaz hit sixth in the AL lineup that year. His Red Sox teammate, Tony Conigliaro, went 0-for-6 in the spot ahead of him. Freehan, the catcher for the Detroit Tigers, was 0-for-5 from the spot behind Yaz.

If only the batters around him could have found their way on base. The AL may have won the game, in which case Yaz would certainly have moved up on this list.

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